Snack Product Testing Attachments

Any of the texture analyser range can be used for the product tests listed below.

A selection of special attachments and typical measurements are also shown which are commonly used in this application area. However, this does not show the complete range of attachments available for the testing of snack products. Test procedures include: compression, puncture/penetration, tension, fracture/bending, extrusion, cutting/shearing.

Typical measurements include:

Crispness/ fracturability: potato chips, tacos, tortilla chips, pretzels, popcorn, extruded snacks, popodums, prawn crackers, crispbread, breadsticks
Spreadability: table spreads, peanut butter
Toughness/Tensile Strength: pizza, tortillas
Firmness: nuts, tortillas, French fries, cereal bars
Extensibility/Elasticity: tortillas
Hinge Strength: taco shells
Consistency: ketchup, snack dips, jam


Tortilla/Pastry Burst Rig Has been developed to perform extension and elasticity measurements on pastry and Tortillas. Other applications could include burst testing on packaging films allowing the operator to measure strength, recovery and elasticity.	Crisp Fracture Support Rig Used for Fracturability of snack foods and potato crisps by means of penetration using a ball probe.	TTC Spreadability Rig Used for the measurement of spreadability of e.g. fats, table spreads, peanut butter.

Craft Knife Blade Can be used to assess cutting force of e.g. nuts.	Mini Kramer/Ottawa Cell Particularly suited to reduce the force of bulk shearing/compression of multi particle products.	Pizza Tensile Rig The tensile force and extension to break the sample is measured and used as indication of pizza toughness.

Acoustic Emission and Video Playback Allow the collection of acoustic data during a test and the synchronisation of force data with video frames - of particular interest for the testing of brittle products.

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Application Studies are available for the testing of SNACK products using the TA.XT2i, TA.XTplus, TA.XTExpress or TA.HDplus texture analysers.

In addition, scientific papers have been published which reference the use of the TA.XT2i/TA.XTplus/TA.HDplus in the testing of SNACK products.
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